ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,215, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Nitinotes Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Suturing with an endoluminal gastroplasty device" was invented by Asaf Asherov (Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel), Raz Bar-On (Hadera, Israel), Gilad Heftman (Pardes Hana Karkur, Israel), Raz Ben Yaakov (D.N. Hof HaCarmel, Israel), Marina Dror (Haifa, Israel) and Dmitry Golom (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Suture clips configured to be placed in a predetermined path of a suturing needle that advances through a device inserted to a body cavity, and remotely operated from that position to secure and clamp suturing. In some embodiments, a suture tighte...